diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/launch-your-store/hub/index.tsx b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/launch-your-store/hub/index.tsx
index c0f9cd4cf5a..c1998e46e9d 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/launch-your-store/hub/index.tsx
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/launch-your-store/hub/index.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ export type LaunchYourStoreComponentProps = {
 	className?: string;
 };
 
+export type LaunchYourStoreQueryParams = {
+	sidebar?: 'hub' | 'launch-success';
+	content?: 'site-preview' | 'launch-store-success';
+};
+
 const LaunchStoreController = () => {
 	useFullScreen( [ 'woocommerce-launch-your-store' ] );
 	useEffect( () => {
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/launch-your-store/hub/main-content/xstate.tsx b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/launch-your-store/hub/main-content/xstate.tsx
index 715b77b7a50..49e01f2785d 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/launch-your-store/hub/main-content/xstate.tsx
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/launch-your-store/hub/main-content/xstate.tsx
@@ -14,8 +14,14 @@ import { getSetting } from '@woocommerce/settings';
  */
 import { LoadingPage } from './pages/loading';
 import { SitePreviewPage } from './pages/site-preview';
-import type { LaunchYourStoreComponentProps } from '..';
-import { createQueryParamsListener, updateQueryParams } from '../common';
+import type {
+	LaunchYourStoreComponentProps,
+	LaunchYourStoreQueryParams,
+} from '..';
+import {
+	updateQueryParams,
+	createQueryParamsListener,
+} from '~/utils/xstate/url-handling';
 import {
 	services as congratsServices,
 	events as congratsEvents,
@@ -54,11 +60,8 @@ export const mainContentMachine = setup( {
 		events: MainContentMachineEvents;
 	},
 	actions: {
-		updateQueryParams: (
-			_,
-			params: { sidebar?: string; content?: string }
-		) => {
-			updateQueryParams( params );
+		updateQueryParams: ( _, params: LaunchYourStoreQueryParams ) => {
+			updateQueryParams< LaunchYourStoreQueryParams >( params );
 		},
 		assignSiteCachedStatus: assign( {
 			siteIsShowingCachedContent: true,
@@ -92,9 +95,9 @@ export const mainContentMachine = setup( {
 	guards: {
 		hasContentLocation: (
 			_,
-			{ contentLocation }: { contentLocation: string }
+			{ content: contentLocation }: LaunchYourStoreQueryParams
 		) => {
-			const { content } = getQuery() as { content?: string };
+			const { content } = getQuery() as LaunchYourStoreQueryParams;
 			return !! content && content === contentLocation;
 		},
 	},
@@ -125,13 +128,13 @@ export const mainContentMachine = setup( {
 				{
 					guard: {
 						type: 'hasContentLocation',
-						params: { contentLocation: 'site-preview' },
+						params: { content: 'site-preview' },
 					},
 				},
 				{
 					guard: {
 						type: 'hasContentLocation',
-						params: { contentLocation: 'launch-store-success' },
+						params: { content: 'launch-store-success' },
 					},
 					target: 'launchStoreSuccess',
 				},
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/launch-your-store/hub/sidebar/xstate.tsx b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/launch-your-store/hub/sidebar/xstate.tsx
index 96d33eff1f5..a1d0cbf4a35 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/launch-your-store/hub/sidebar/xstate.tsx
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/launch-your-store/hub/sidebar/xstate.tsx
@@ -29,9 +29,15 @@ import apiFetch from '@wordpress/api-fetch';
  * Internal dependencies
  */
 import { LaunchYourStoreHubSidebar } from './components/launch-store-hub';
-import type { LaunchYourStoreComponentProps } from '..';
+import type {
+	LaunchYourStoreComponentProps,
+	LaunchYourStoreQueryParams,
+} from '..';
 import type { mainContentMachine } from '../main-content/xstate';
-import { updateQueryParams, createQueryParamsListener } from '../common';
+import {
+	updateQueryParams,
+	createQueryParamsListener,
+} from '~/utils/xstate/url-handling';
 import { taskClickedAction, getLysTasklist } from './tasklist';
 import { fetchCongratsData } from '../main-content/pages/launch-store-success/services';
 import { getTimeFrame } from '~/utils';
@@ -253,11 +259,8 @@ export const sidebarMachine = setup( {
 			( { context } ) => context.mainContentMachineRef,
 			{ type: 'SHOW_LOADING' }
 		),
-		updateQueryParams: (
-			_,
-			params: { sidebar?: string; content?: string }
-		) => {
-			updateQueryParams( params );
+		updateQueryParams: ( _, params: LaunchYourStoreQueryParams ) => {
+			updateQueryParams< LaunchYourStoreQueryParams >( params );
 		},
 		taskClicked: ( { event } ) => {
 			if ( event.type === 'TASK_CLICKED' ) {
@@ -293,9 +296,9 @@ export const sidebarMachine = setup( {
 	guards: {
 		hasSidebarLocation: (
 			_,
-			{ sidebarLocation }: { sidebarLocation: string }
+			{ sidebar: sidebarLocation }: LaunchYourStoreQueryParams
 		) => {
-			const { sidebar } = getQuery() as { sidebar?: string };
+			const { sidebar } = getQuery() as LaunchYourStoreQueryParams;
 			return !! sidebar && sidebar === sidebarLocation;
 		},
 		hasWooPayments: ( { context } ) => {
@@ -333,14 +336,14 @@ export const sidebarMachine = setup( {
 				{
 					guard: {
 						type: 'hasSidebarLocation',
-						params: { sidebarLocation: 'hub' },
+						params: { sidebar: 'hub' },
 					},
 					target: 'launchYourStoreHub',
 				},
 				{
 					guard: {
 						type: 'hasSidebarLocation',
-						params: { sidebarLocation: 'launch-success' },
+						params: { sidebar: 'launch-success' },
 					},
 					target: 'storeLaunchSuccessful',
 				},
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/launch-your-store/hub/test/common.test.ts b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/utils/xstate/test/url-handling.test.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/launch-your-store/hub/test/common.test.ts
rename to plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/utils/xstate/test/url-handling.test.ts
index 6b891808e97..760d1f5eee8 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/launch-your-store/hub/test/common.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/utils/xstate/test/url-handling.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import * as navigation from '@woocommerce/navigation';
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
  */
-import { updateQueryParams, createQueryParamsListener } from '../common';
+import { updateQueryParams, createQueryParamsListener } from '../url-handling';
 
 jest.mock( '@woocommerce/navigation', () => ( {
 	getHistory: jest.fn(),
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/launch-your-store/hub/common.ts b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/utils/xstate/url-handling.ts
similarity index 68%
rename from plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/launch-your-store/hub/common.ts
rename to plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/utils/xstate/url-handling.ts
index e54d37e3d81..c9b7d327d43 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/launch-your-store/hub/common.ts
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/utils/xstate/url-handling.ts
@@ -42,27 +42,21 @@ export const createQueryParamsListener = (
 	};
 };
 
-type LaunchYourStoreQueryParams = {
-	sidebar?: string;
-	content?: string;
-};
-
-export const updateQueryParams = (
-	params: Partial< LaunchYourStoreQueryParams >
+export const updateQueryParams = < T extends Record< string, string > >(
+	params: Partial< T >
 ) => {
-	const queryParams = getQuery() as LaunchYourStoreQueryParams;
+	const queryParams = getQuery() as T;
+
 	const changes = Object.entries( params ).reduce(
-		( acc: Partial< LaunchYourStoreQueryParams >, [ key, value ] ) => {
-			// Check if the value is different from the current queryParams. Include if explicitly passed, even if it's undefined.
-			// This approach assumes that `params` can only have keys that are defined in LaunchYourStoreQueryParams.
-			if (
-				queryParams[ key as keyof LaunchYourStoreQueryParams ] !== value
-			) {
-				acc[ key as keyof LaunchYourStoreQueryParams ] = value;
+		( acc: Partial< T >, [ key, value ] ) => {
+			// Check if the value is different from the current queryParams.
+			// Include if explicitly passed, even if it's undefined.
+			if ( queryParams[ key as keyof T ] !== value ) {
+				acc[ key as keyof T ] = value;
 			}
 			return acc;
 		},
-		{}
+		{} as Partial< T >
 	);
 
 	if ( Object.keys( changes ).length > 0 ) {
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/dev-refactor-xstate-update-query-params-generic b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/dev-refactor-xstate-update-query-params-generic
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d2f049fa0a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/dev-refactor-xstate-update-query-params-generic
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: dev
+
+Made XState utils updateQueryParam generic so that it can be reused in other XState machines
\ No newline at end of file